Kinara Uzumaki Posted July 1, 2013 Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 It's just everyone else is fine with having the air conditioner on even though it's cold outside and the worst part is that I can't stand the slightest cold............so it's worse for me.........normal cold temperatures, I can't stand so I start shivering and my hands turn blue and I get headaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Angel13 Posted July 1, 2013 Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 I went to the stores the other day and I swear I hate going shopping especially during the school holidays here! People all over the place and no one has any fucking manners, you say excuse me and they look at you like you asked them if you could eat their baby or my favourite thing is following some moron who decides oh hold on I'm going to stop dead or the ladies with trolleys and prams who block walkways while they have a chat. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTJG RIO Posted July 1, 2013 Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 Ohhhh, shopping really does piss me off for all the same reasons. I try to make it as quick and painless as possible. I'll make a list of everything I need and visit each of the associated stores in an order that makes it as short as possible so I don't have to deal with the ridiculous lines. Get in get what I need get out. About the only one I converse with is the lady at the liquor store. I think she's married though so I try to keep it platonic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinara Uzumaki Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 Lolz a different side of you coming out, Rio! I just had my day ruined and guess what! I'm so angry I could pound someone to death. Seriously, getting another job is not easy for me so until I find a new one, I'm stuck in this hell-hole because I can't afford to be unemployed, no matter how bad my current job is. Damn! My boss is turning into a real pain now.......he calls me into the sales meeting and tells me that I didn't apologise to him for making a mistake on one of our client's ads.......which was a doublespread. Come on, he doesn't know the whole story and he doesn't let me speak for myself and he goes on about it's my job to check copy and how I'm losing focus these days and I'm always running off home. Everyone makes mistakes sometimes, we are human after all and the damn client and our damn Client Service Executive is also to blame!!!!!!!!!! Why am I supposed to take all the blame??? No one was there to help when I was translating that doublespread article with a colleague and now they blame me? I very very very rarely make mistakes because I have a bad habit of being a perfectionist so I spot mistakes.......I really got furious at my Boss's words........if he had made a mistake, he wouldn't be shouting out like this, he'd be sweeping it under the rug. ARGH!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTJG RIO Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 LOL I know how you feel, my bosses do the same thing. When we make mistake's depending on the severity and cost of said mistake you could be looking at career and life altering paperwork. But past a certain rank nope, forget about it. They will pull all the strings in the world and have guys fixing it round the clock to make sure the mistake is fixed or the blame is shifted before the next string of higher ups come through. I don't know much about your job but, have you tried killing him with kindness. It sounds crazy and it takes a while but it pays off in the long run. Also your boss sounds like kind of a coward. If he can't back up one of his employees and accept that the client made a mistake then maybe he needs to reevaluate his leadership abilities. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeeNiK Posted July 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 Lost my job today and instead of getting angry and ranting as I usually would, I feel a bit of maturity set in and I'm honestly happy it's over. It doesn't matter that I spent so much of my time in that job...it doesn't matter that I sacrificed so much of my mentality and my health for that job....what matters is I chose to make a decision that cost me my job and I regret nothing because I was right in making my decision. It's their loss that they went the other direction. Nothing they did in the space of the last 5 days were a sign of good faith and i am glad to be out of the crosshairs. Tomorrow I make a trip to the office to return my laptop and my cardkey and I eagerly await the false faces and false wishes of their respect and send offs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Emotional Outlet Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 I hope it works out for you, NiK! Sometimes leaving/losing a job can be the best thing that happens to you. At the workshop I went to today, it's not uncommon for people to feel relieved after losing their jobs. LOL I know how you feel, my bosses do the same thing. When we make mistake's depending on the severity and cost of said mistake you could be looking at career and life altering paperwork. But past a certain rank nope, forget about it. They will pull all the strings in the world and have guys fixing it round the clock to make sure the mistake is fixed or the blame is shifted before the next string of higher ups come through. Oh my god, I hate this so much. I used to conduct PT tests and we had a colonel who failed his PT test like eight million times and had all the failures waived because he's super important you know, whereas lower enlisted folk lose a stripe for failing three times. And they wonder why their retention rates blow so bad. Yeah, real important to stress the importance of fitness to enlisted folk, but if you're commissioned and part of the old boys club, that's cool, you don't need PT. [eye rolls so hard] On the flipside, I made a master sergeant cry by proxy--he failed his PT test by finishing his run one second too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumRoll Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 don't worry Nik. My family lost our cafe a few weeks ago and whilst it was sad we were also happy to be out because lets face it serving the general public fucking sucks. only problem is finding a job now for me. People need to realise that this ain't the fucking 80's anymore. Hard work does not count for shit and you will never own a house before you turn 50. I don't mind working hard, I worked 7 days a week in the cafe and got back at around 8pm every night but I can't find a fucking job! grrr this situation makes me feel so impotent:( This nation NEEDS change or it will rot. Also, I hate pregnant people. Walking about, thrusting their baby lump around like a badge of honour and constantly rubbing it. I just would not bring a child into the world the way it is at the moment. Its naive and irresponsible. Especially when you consider just how many children are in need of adoption. MOD EDIT: Refrain from making racially-charged comments. This is not the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Angel13 Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 Lost my job today and instead of getting angry and ranting as I usually would, I feel a bit of maturity set in and I'm honestly happy it's over. It doesn't matter that I spent so much of my time in that job...it doesn't matter that I sacrificed so much of my mentality and my health for that job....what matters is I chose to make a decision that cost me my job and I regret nothing because I was right in making my decision. It's their loss that they went the other direction. Nothing they did in the space of the last 5 days were a sign of good faith and i am glad to be out of the crosshairs. Tomorrow I make a trip to the office to return my laptop and my cardkey and I eagerly await the false faces and false wishes of their respect and send offs. You and I have spoken a lot about your work and to be honest I'm happy you're finally free of that hellhole, it really was killing your fucking life my friend and I'm glad you're taking it well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinara Uzumaki Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 Ah a lot of tension going around.......... Lost my job today and instead of getting angry and ranting as I usually would, I feel a bit of maturity set in and I'm honestly happy it's over. It doesn't matter that I spent so much of my time in that job...it doesn't matter that I sacrificed so much of my mentality and my health for that job....what matters is I chose to make a decision that cost me my job and I regret nothing because I was right in making my decision. It's their loss that they went the other direction. Nothing they did in the space of the last 5 days were a sign of good faith and i am glad to be out of the crosshairs. Tomorrow I make a trip to the office to return my laptop and my cardkey and I eagerly await the false faces and false wishes of their respect and send offs. I do hope you find a better place.......and a job that will make you happy! It's hard to find those sort these days, especially in the unconventional arena..........I do hate desk jobs, even though I'm chained to my desk quite a lot now due to NO work..............yea, so good luck to you Nik^^^^^ You too, Drum.........you sound like you really are mad and I do hope things work out for you too. Why are we faced with so many employment issues these days? There is something very wrong with the world. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Emotional Outlet Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 After lurking around the NaNo Facebook group and poking my head in from time to time, I find some things are consistently pushing my buttons. Condescending self-identified "grammar nazis"/grammar snobs. People who find an almost cruel pleasure in proving their linguistic superiority to others because they know it should be "ten items or fewer" and not "ten items or less". It's rarely about clarity of message, it's about how much they can embarrass and dominate others. People who talk about how much they hate other people. I find that I have a hard time getting along with those who spend a lot of time talking about how much they hate people and how everyone sucks and blah blah blah. This is one of the reasons I was so sick of my squadron and the people in it--all they did was complain about how much everyone is out to get them and screw them over and how awful all of humanity is and there's no point in living. Like holy shit, brah, how about dialing down the pessimism and negativity a couple thousand notches. Also stop trying to talk to me if that's all you're going to do, because surrounding myself with negativity is something I've done for the past two decades and it's old as balls. I'm beyond done with actively indulging that self-destructive pattern. It's annoying to hear creatively inclined people talk about how much they hate other people because it's already a stereotype that writers are antisocial people who are incapable of maintaining any semblance of a social life. It just sounds really bad, you know? You hate people so much, but one of the hallmarks of a good story is characters you can relate to, so...??? What are you doing??? What do you write about??? What are your characters like??? I get mad sick of reading about characters who hate everyone and all of humanity, but also happen to be excellent at everything they do. I am so tired of characters who are asocial and/or narcissistic and/or sociopathic, but their genius is supposed to make up for it. How many of these characters do we really need, especially considering that being unlikable is one of their selling points? Am I the only one who doesn't want to be surrounded with unlikable geniuses in their respective fields? I really hate being condescended to, and those asocial geniuses tend to be super condescending, so I can't find much enjoyment in those characters. I'd rather be of average intelligence and have the ability to relate to people on multiple meaningful levels, rather than really smart and unable to hold a conversation without having a nervous breakdown or driving others away. It's frustrating to see the way people romanticise a lack of social skills. Plus a lot of it is like, "Oh, well, humans are stupid and I'm way smarter than them so I don't want to hang out with stupid people". Like seriously, that's the whole reason you don't like people, because you think they're stupid. Even worse when they just assume everyone is stupid until proven otherwise. That's so condescending and awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTJG RIO Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 LOL. You do have a good point, I just tend to avoid and or not socialize with these people unless I have to. Although I try to lean as far towards the glass half full side of the house as possible in hopes that other people will cheer themselves up and realize we aren't all bad. Normally when I do actually sit down and talk to these people enough times I find out they actually don't hate anyone, they just haven't found out how to express themselves positively yet because being negative get's more results out of people, cause well I guess we are all a little addicted to drama. I think the internet get's rid of those face to face talks. I'm sorry these people rub you the wrong way but, you can always think of what you would do or say to them if you actually met them, that usually makes me feel better. I try to not even bother arguing with people on the net because, there in front of there computer and I'm in front of mine and really there's no way for me to actually talk to them one on one. I think people feel safer writing hurtful things because they would never say that stuff in real life. I dunno, I agree that the character who is an asswhole by nature is way overused but, I think the era of the good guy might be going away and that really sucks. Whenever I walk into Barnes and Knoble, I'm like the only one still buying Superman comics but, everyone's stocking up on Batman and Hulk and depressing manga's because these hero's have problem's. Sorry I wrote so much but, bottom line I agree with you and these people are pretty negative I just don't understand why they express it on the net instead of going out and saying it to normal people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Emotional Outlet Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Haha, a lot of the people in my squadron (especially the smokers, surprise surprise) were like that. Big ol' negative nancies who complained about how much they hated work, but for some reason would never talk about anything besides work. I stopped accompanying them on fresh air breaks after a while. It also didn't help they talked down to me all the time--"You don't understand what it's like, you haven't been here long enough". I think part of it might be the timing of it too. In a face to face conversation, you don't always get the time to sit and formulate--which is a good thing in one way, because overthinking can lead to making an issue seem worse than it really is, in direct proportion to the amount of time you waste thinking about how terrible it is. I know when I went through my therapy, there was a lot of emphasis on derailing and reprogramming certain thought processes. I still have to pause myself from time to time because I'll find myself playing some familiar background music--"You're a piece of shit, nobody likes you, why do you even bother, no one would care if you just didn't show up today". It was hard to go through therapy while still surrounded with these assholes at work, since they exuded negative energy all the time. I couldn't get out of the military fast enough, honestly. I mean, as a teenager, I was all about misanthropy and thinking I was superior to them. As I went through life I eventually realised, hey, people don't suck half as much as I think they do and assuming that everyone around me is a stupid piece of shit is actually a really horrible and unfulfilling way to live because I don't like being a condescending asshole who thinks they're better than everyone else. I like most of my former coworkers individually, but they were terrible as hell for my personal development and progression away from the haze of depression I once called my life. It's also one of the reasons I get kind of tired of hanging out here on the forum sometimes, because the atmosphere reminds me of that. Try to be positive and optimistic on a serious level, and then there's a sudden deluge of negativity and condescension. It's so tiring I usually have to peace out for a bit before dealing with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTJG RIO Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 It also didn't help they talked down to me all the time--"You don't understand what it's like, you haven't been here long enough". This part REALLY Erks the hell outta me. Mostly cause now I am the senior guy and I don't drag my personal problems to work with me, and say things like this. I absolutely always cut this weed at the source now cause, I won't have this pity party in my section or in my platoon sergeants platoon. Now with 6 years in I can say "Naw you know what Fuck you! Because I HAVE been there pal and done that and I'm not dragging it to work with me like it's some kind of loose baggage." Then I'll tell them "You know what if it's making you feel so bad I'll set you up with an appointment with the wizard cause I'm sure they would love to hear about how you can't get over so and so's death and how you can't sleep at night and everybody is out to get you Whine, whine, whine, it's part of the job dawg. You don't like it then finish your 4 and get out." Aww man if you were still in and try that approach on people it knocks em right back into shape cause ain't nobody wants to talk to the wizard. I am so sorry someone said that line to you, I know how ya feel that is probably my biggest pet peeve at work is hearing these sob stories like there the only ones with problem's. People really need to enjoy life more man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Emotional Outlet Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 For real, haha. There were people who were stuck on mids for like a decade and they didn't have attitudes half as bad as some of them. One coworker would complain all the time about how she's never able to see her daughter because she's on mids all the time and the squadron is always trying to screw her over and she always has a big sob story about how she can't do her PT test. When she does manage to take the test, she always has an excuse about why she failed. Because she's the only one in the entire military with a kid and the only one who works mids. I mean, I get it, mids fuck with your health, but you can definitely be a lot more proactive in the situation. I think for a lot of them, they just let work and life happen to them instead of doing things to actually take care of themselves. I don't think it was a coincidence that a lot of them happened to be smokers. I kicked around the idea of joining the reserves, but eh. It's already been over a year since I separated, I don't think I'm too keen on going back in any capacity, haha. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Angel13 Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Okay so today my "friend" was getting annoyed at me, for a really fucking stupid reason, so I simply asked her to calm down and stop acting so pissed at me through txts, she fucking ignored it so I got pissed off at her and then ITS MY FAULT! Cause I got ticked off for being ignored when it's one of the things that really fucking pisses me off. I mean sure in a community or w.e yeah I might not be heard or ppl might not have something to say but when its DIRECTLY to one person they should fucking acknowledge it even if they don't wanna do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinara Uzumaki Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Phew aren't we all having a round of bad temper? The only thing that's making me a bit angry is the heat, the fact that we can't switch on the air conditioner until 10 and that I'm sleepy but can't sleep in office in case someone catches me at it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Angel13 Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Phew aren't we all having a round of bad temper? The only thing that's making me a bit angry is the heat, the fact that we can't switch on the air conditioner until 10 and that I'm sleepy but can't sleep in office in case someone catches me at it. I hate when it's hot, it gets me really angry and frustrated usually and why cant you turn on the AC til 10? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinara Uzumaki Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Phew aren't we all having a round of bad temper? The only thing that's making me a bit angry is the heat, the fact that we can't switch on the air conditioner until 10 and that I'm sleepy but can't sleep in office in case someone catches me at it. I hate when it's hot, it gets me really angry and frustrated usually and why cant you turn on the AC til 10? Funny shit scene that is! We had a staff meeting last Thursday I think and Boss was like 'we should do something to reduce the electricity bill because it has increased drastically this month'. Yeah, hence the a.c trouble. God the heat's making me type all wrong, and I've got a cold and cough which is making my brain fuzzy, my head and eyes hurt and my lungs hard to breathe. I HATE colds! Also, we've got some new rules about getting late to work.........there are a lot of people who come close to 9 or after 9, even though we are supposed to be here by 8.30. So dear Boss took a stand and now we can get late upto 8.45 twice a month and on the 3rd late day, our short leave is cut off and whatever days we come late, even if it were a minute after 8.30, then a half-day would be cut until our leave is exhausted and then we go on no-pay. It was a really shit thing to do simply because of some people who won't come on time. Now all of us have to pay the price. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTJG RIO Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 (edited) It's hot all over I guess. Personally I'm not to fond of either of the extreme's like there's no where with a nice medium. It's either burning, scorching, hot, or freezing icy cold.Can your boss do that, cut your pay I mean? The only reason I ask is cause without good reason if they don't pay we don't work. Outlet might remember to but, there was a day in April of 2011 where they couldn't afford to pay the armed services. Since my contract clearly state's I get paid the 1st and 15th of every month to do a job my entire platoon skipped patrols for the day and chilled until they started paying us again. Edited July 9, 2013 by LTJG RIO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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